Puppy Linux
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Puppy Linux is a unique family of Linux distributions meant for the home-user computers. It was originally created by Barry Kauler in 2003.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Works Offline
- Portable
- Persistent Storage
- Linux-based
Tags
- bootable-cd
- bootable-iso
- usb-boot
- usb-booting
- live-cd
- cd-booting
- bootable-usb
- Live USB
- faster-start
- cd-boot
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Puppy Linux information
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What is Puppy Linux?
Puppy Linux is a unique family of Linux distributions meant for the home-user computers. It was originally created by Barry Kauler in 2003.
Puppy Linux advantage
- Ready to use ? all tools for common daily computing usage already included.
- Ease of use ? lots of included help & hints
- Relatively small size ? typically 500 MB or less.
- Fast and versatile.
- Customisable within minutes ? can be made permanent with remasters.
- Different flavours ? optimised to support older & newer computers.
- Variety ? hundreds of derivatives (“puplets”), one of which will surely meet your needs.
If one of these things interest you, read on.
Comments and Reviews
Sweet! ...Intuitive! You'll feel quickly at home with Puppy.. Smart choice of applications. Session can be automatically saved to USB. There's even a social (mind you quiet at this time) live chat application. One of my favorites.
I really like Puppy linux, for a nice quick and easy linux that runs completely from RAM. I first found this distro, when I was looking for a good linux that a friend of mine could run from his USB stick. He doesnt even need to reformat the Fat32 stick. It can just boot, and save your changes into a file on your stick, its great.
I have been using either LighthousePup or Fire Hydrant Inferno lately, because they come with more of what I use/need in my OSs. There are many variations of Puppy, they are called puplets. So A version might have more of what you are wanting, just look around for it.
Lighthousepup: http://www.lhpup.org/about.htm
Firehydrant: http://www.ttuuxxx.com/firehydrant/index01.html